[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5043 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5043

    To require coordination among Federal agencies that administer 
   sanctions lists with respect to the inclusion of individuals and 
                        entities on such lists.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2024

Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require coordination among Federal agencies that administer 
   sanctions lists with respect to the inclusion of individuals and 
                        entities on such lists.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sanctions Lists Harmonization Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION WITH RESPECT TO INCLUSION OF 
              INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES ON SANCTIONS LISTS.

    (a) Notification to Other Federal Officials.--Not later than 30 
days after the date on which an individual or entity is included on one 
of the lists described in subsection (d), the Federal official 
responsible for administering such list shall notify the Federal 
officials responsible for administering the other lists described in 
subsection (d) of the inclusion of the individual or entity on such 
list.
    (b) Determination and Other Requirements of Other Federal 
Official.--
            (1) Review.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
        a Federal official receives a notification under subsection (a) 
        of the inclusion of an individual or entity on one of the lists 
        described in subsection (d), such Federal official shall 
        initiate a review regarding whether such individual or entity 
        warrants inclusion on such other lists.
            (2) Determination.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        on which a Federal official receives a notification under 
        subsection (a) of the inclusion of an individual or entity on 
        one of the lists described in subsection (d), such Federal 
        official shall make a determination of whether to include such 
        individual or entity on such other lists.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the 
        enactment of this Act, each Federal agency maintaining a list 
        described in subsection (d) shall submit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report--
                    (A) certifying compliance with subsections (a) and 
                (b);
                    (B) explaining the agency's deliberative process to 
                meet the requirements in subsections (a) and (b); and
                    (C) enumerating any instances in which the 
                requirements in subsections (a) and (b) led to the 
                inclusion of additional individuals or entities on one 
                of the lists described in subsection (d).
            (2) Form.--The report required by this subsection shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
        annex.
    (d) Lists Described.--The lists described in this subsection are 
the following:
            (1) The list of specially designated nationals and blocked 
        persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 
        the Department of the Treasury.
            (2) The Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex 
        Companies (NS-CMIC) List of the Office of Foreign Assets 
        Control.
            (3) The Sectoral Sanctions List of the Office of Foreign 
        Assets Control.
            (4) The Entity List maintained and set forth in Supplement 
        No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations.
            (5) The Military End-User List maintained and set forth in 
        Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of the Export Administration 
        Regulations.
            (6) The list of Chinese military companies operating 
        directly or indirectly in the United States maintained by the 
        Secretary of Defense under section 1260H(b) of the William M. 
        (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence, and the Committee on Financial Services 
                of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
                Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Select 
                Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign 
                Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
            (2) Export administration regulations.--The term ``Export 
        Administration Regulations'' means the regulations set forth in 
        subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, or successor regulations.
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